December 13, 2005 posted under: Brady Poppinga, injury report, Packers Fourth-round draft pick Brady Poppinga became the latest casualty in this season riddled with injuries. The rookie linebacker, making his first NFL start, suffered a torn ACL while covering on a kick off against Detroit and will require reconstructive surgery. With an estimated recovery time […]
July 2, 2006 posted under: Badgers basketball, Tim Jarmusz The UW basketball team got its first verbal commitment the other day when Oshkosh West High senior Tim Jarmusz agreed to accept a scholarship for the 2007-08 season to play for Bo Ryan and the Badgers. Jarmusz was the second-leading scorer for the Wildcats last season […]
November 16, 2006 posted under: Badgers football The UW Badgers close out the 2006 regular season this Saturday at Camp Randall with a non-conference game against the 2-8 Buffalo Bulls. Since I’m sure some of you are a little in the dark about what makes these Bulls run, let’s get the 411 on SUNY-Buffalo. The […]
September 26, 2007 posted under: Brett Favre Deanna, please remove all sharp objects from the Favre household before your husband does some serious damage to himself. Brett clearly can’t be trusted with big boy scissors because he was held out of practice today due to a cut on his finger. According to the Press-Gazette’s Insider […]
January 29, 2006 posted under: Badgers hockey, Iowa State hockey The UW hockey team suffered its second sweep in a row this weekend, losing again to Minnesota on Saturday 3-1. The Badgers only score came early in the first period on a power play goal by Tom Gilbert, but Minnesota’s Ryan Potulny tied the score […]
December 24, 2007 posted under: christmas, effin Bears, Packers, weather We all know the legend of the Green Bay Packers and cold-weather football: The Ice Bowl, Brett Favre’s winning record when the temperature is below freezing, the advantage of playing on the Frozen Tundra in January. Yesterday at Soldier Field, someone replaced that team with […]
November 20, 2007 At first this whole thing about bounties and payoffs among the Green Bay defense seemed like so much hooey that I wasn’t even going to post anything on it, but now it seems the league is actually involved and investigating. So let me add my two cents that this is all such […]
August 11, 2008 Former Green Bay player finance executive Andrew Brandt has landed a new gig as head of National Football Post. The site offers an insiders view of the football world from the likes of Brandt, veteran NFL executive Michael Lombardi, and agent Matt Bowen. Brandt retired from the Packers earlier this year after […]
January 29, 2008 posted under: Mike Sherman, Packers, Ray Rhodes It sounds like former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman is trying to put the band back together. Now coach at Texas A&M, he recently hired his old offensive coordinator Tom Rossley to be the quarterbacks coach and a senior assistant with the Aggies. […]
November 17, 2005 posted under: Packers, Samkon Gado Packers new-found sensation, running back Samkon Gado, is up for NFL Rookie of the Week honors. He’s leading with 51% of the vote as of this morning, but balloting ends today. Go to the NFL site and vote for Gado! You can leave a response, or trackback […]
August 29, 2006 posted under: Packers, Pre-season If the third preseason game really is a dress rehearsal for the season opener, then maybe we should think about postponing the show until everyone has learned their lines. Last night’s 48-17 blowout on Monday Night Football was a ridiculous, embarrassing farce; it was so bad even Mother […]
August 16, 2008 The Packers official web site unveiled a new look last night, and I can’t say I’m too big of a fan. Most of the redesign work focused on the top of the page, replacing the football-brown “PACKERS.com” banner image with a navigation menu surrounding a simple green banner depicting three Super Bowl […]
February 3, 2007 posted under: Brett Favre, Packers Our long, cold night of waiting is over. The warrior king has returned. Finally, a decision from Brett Favre that he’ll return for another season with Green Bay, and Packer Nation rejoices. And breathes a little easier. I think most fans expected him to come back, so […]
October 1, 2007 This week’s roundup of Badgers playing in the NFL starts with first round draft pick Joe Thomas, who is helping to put winning football back on the menu in Cleveland. The Browns on Sunday defeated the Baltimore Ravens 27-13 to advance to 2-2 on the season, and a lot of the credit […]
